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Your not the only one that didn't see the results of the Florida/LSU game. Wow that was a beatdown. The Florida offense finally came alive for the first time this season, and LSU really laid an egg. I missed every game this weekend due to a big argument with the wife. Well every game except the last drive of the first half of this game and the 3rd Quarter. Though looking at the final score I didn't miss anything by not watching the 4th.

Not sure what the hell is going on with my Tigers, there is no excuse for losing to the Razorback's this season. Looks like the wheels are beginning to fall off of the bus though. I had mixed feelings about the firing of Franklin, but I without a doubt thought that Todd should have been benched a long time ago. Good thing they have two weeks to get the D healthy and teach the offense how to play football.

Bru, always impressed with all the effort and enthusiasm you bring to your blogs.
Plus 3 week 8. There are two rather obvious top 2 games this week, I won't mention those just so I can see what you decide to pick. I cast a vote for last pick, unbeaten BYU at 6-1 TCU. I chose that game because of all the controversy surrounding BYU's BCS buster image. A victory by the Horned frogs would end that saga!

You know what irks me? When broadcasters pick games and the miss 'em and pretend like it never happens. <imaginary conversation>"Herbstreit: Hey, Corso... remember when you picked Michigan over Toledo? Corso: Nope. never happened. I knew Toledo would shut down the Wolverine offense" </imaginary conversation>

Props, Bruce, for humbly admitting you cannot predict ALL of the games in the crazy SEC. :)

I enjoy the blog. keep up the good work.

LSU doesn't even belong in the top 25 after the Florida loss. Who has LSU beat so far? I'll tell you, App State, North Texas, Uburn, and Mississippi State. How could you NOT see the LSU defense giving up a huge game? They are the only team that made Auburn and Mississippi State's offenses look competent. Voters are still putting LSU in their polls based on last year's results, which is ridiculous. Maybe Michigan should be back in the top 25 since they had a good bowl win over Florida last year. Give me a break!

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Originally posted 09:07 AM ET  10.13 by BigTenFan1354

LSU doesn't even belong in the top 25 after the Florida loss. Who has LSU beat so far? I'll tell you, App State, North Texas, Uburn, and Mississippi State. How could you NOT see the LSU defense giving up a huge game? They are the only team that made Auburn and Mississippi State's offenses look competent. Voters are still putting LSU in their polls based on last year's results, which is ridiculous. Maybe Michigan should be back in the top 25 since they had a good bowl win over Florida last year. Give me a break!

I can agree with you now. But then again, hindsight is always 20/20. I admit, I bought into the LSU hype and ignored the nagging little voice in the back of my head. Just like you, I voiced concerns about LSU's defense following the Auburn and MSU games. But I couldn't get over Florida dropping the game to Ole Miss and how they seemed to have been exposed. LSU will definitely have to show me something to get my respect again.

If I was Florida, I'd be worried that I actually gave up 21 points to LSU.

LSU's resume keeps looking worse and worse. For comparison's sake, LSU beat Auburn 26-21...Arkansas beats Auburn 25-22...is LSU and Arkansas playing the same football?

Arkansas was able to hold Auburn to less yardage and gained more. In fact, Arkansas dominated yardage at one point 336-84 and was behind 20-16.

Maybe Florida just had a bad game against Ol'Miss and they are as good as everybe thought at the beginning of the year. Everyone has a bad week. Its inevitable. If Texas or Penn State lose a game to me Florida is more deserving of another shot at the NC game then say USC.

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Originally posted 07:13 PM ET  10.13 by BigJoe7954

Maybe Florida just had a bad game against Ol'Miss and they are as good as everybe thought at the beginning of the year. Everyone has a bad week. Its inevitable. If Texas or Penn State lose a game to me Florida is more deserving of another shot at the NC game then say USC.

Good point BigJoe.

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Originally posted 07:13 PM ET  10.13 by BigJoe7954

Maybe Florida just had a bad game against Ol'Miss and they are as good as everybe thought at the beginning of the year. Everyone has a bad week. Its inevitable. If Texas or Penn State lose a game to me Florida is more deserving of another shot at the NC game then say USC.

Why wouldn't the same argument be made for USC though?

Or, are you saying it does but Florida would have a stronger case in the event they both end up with 1 loss?

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Originally posted 08:10 PM ET  10.13 by silars

Why wouldn't the same argument be made for USC though?Or, are you saying it does but Florida would have a stronger case in the event they both end up with 1 loss?

hmmm, that is a tough argument. If you look at it, is a loss to the Beavers or the Rebels worse? On the face of it, both teams seem about the same - overachieving in some cases, underachieving in others.

However, all things being equal, if both Florida and USC go undefeated, could you not argue that Florida had the tougher remaining schedule? Especially considering that Florida's path would also include the championship game in Atlanta?

This weekend just proved once again that the games have to be played. Nothing ever seems to go the way it should.

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Originally posted 10:03 PM ET  10.13 by Joekidd1992

This weekend just proved once again that the games have to be played. Nothing ever seems to go the way it should.

I second that motion. As my old coach used to say, "it'll all come out in the wash"

Sounds crazy but if the Game Chickens can get by LSU this weekend (it is at home), and I give them a pretty decent shot, than the remaining schedule all of a sudden does not seem that daunting. If FL beats UGA and Vandy starts to fold, the USC - FL game could decide who goes to Atlanta. I think Garcia will play the rest of the way as well. No more Smelly. He smells...I think you will be hearing about Garcia for a long, long time.

I agree. And judging from LSU's offensive performance this weekend, and in light of SC's defensive performance this season, I am going to have to think real hard about that game. SC seems to have all the momentum going. The big factor is going to be whether LSU can pull their pants back up and play some ball. But I have had questions all season about their O & D lines being as good as advertised.

If nothing else Steve Superior is still one the best coaches in the game. Compared to Les Miles, the advantage is almost criminal.

But I need to stop, I am giving up my next week picks early ;)

You guys talk about how LSU must not be as good as advertised after one loss, but say how Florida must have just had a bad game against Ole Miss. How come LSU just couldn't have had a bad game against Florida? Ole Miss isn't that great of a team so it would stand to reason that if Florida has a bad game and loses by one point then if LSU has a bad game against a really good team the win would be a little bit worse don't you think?

LSU is nowhere near as bad as they played against Florida I can assure you. I would bet the farm LSU beats SC by at least 20 this weekend as they are going to be really pissed off about the Florida loss. SC is terrible at QB, have an ok running back situation, ok reciever situation, and a pretty good defense. So I guess also by most of you guys thinking Miami must be better than LSU right I mean they didn't lose to Florida nearly as bad right?

Florida doesn't get beat in the Swamp at night by anybody. Once they get a lead against anybody in the Swamp the points come in bunches. If you let them score early they score often in the Swamp. I don't care who they are playing.

Just a couple issues I found in what was a pretty good blog post...

To say that Mississippi State could still have something to say about the race in the West might be a bit of a reach. Don't forget, this offense is 103rd in total offense and 114th in points scored this season, including getting shut out offensively against Auburn in a loss that's looking worse by the second. And they let up 22 to La Tech and 38 to Ga Tech, so it's not like their defense is really playing with a high level of consistency either. They could steal a game from a contender at some point, but that's about all the say they'll have in the SEC West race.

And as others have mentioned, it may have been more obvious that LSU was overrated than anyone would like to admit. Right now, their first four wins look mediocre at best, and considering how bad Auburn's offense looked against an obviously inconsistent Miss St (and now Arkansas, but that's after the fact) defense and how good it looked against LSU, you'd almost have to consider them "bad wins", if they exist.

And this is nitpicky, but Texas had a good rushing game before the OU win...too much was made of Colt McCoy being their leading rusher. Currently they have 16 rushing TDs compared to 18 passing. In comparison, teams known for their rushing like LSU and Georgia have 9(10 passing) and 13(9 passing), respectively. As far as rushing yardage, Texas has 1156 yards on the ground, compared to Georgia's 956 and LSU's 909. But good blog, just arguing like I always seem to.

Well lets see UGA and LSU have played SEC defenses and Texas has played cream puff and Big 12 defenses oh wait they are the same thing.

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Originally posted 06:17 AM ET  10.14 by wildbill21475

Well lets see UGA and LSU have played SEC defenses and Texas has played cream puff and Big 12 defenses oh wait they are the same thing.

it seems like grounghogs day on FN. i just keep getting in the same arguments......as for you wildbill, i do not agree with what you say, but i will defend to the death your right to say it. im not going to claim the SEC defences are not good, i wonder how much of the SEC's defensive "prowess" is really just in sub-par offence.

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Originally posted 06:17 AM ET  10.14 by wildbill21475

Well lets see UGA and LSU have played SEC defenses

the only good SEC D either has seen is Bama. auburn is at best average, tenn, miss state, and sc??? give me a break. fla could probably be put some where above auburn but no where Bama.

Anybody else care to cast a vote for Bru's 3 non sec picks?